htable

NAME

htable - convert DoD Internet format host table

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/htablefilename

DESCRIPTION

htable converts a host table in the format specified by RFC 952 to the format used by the network library routines. Three files are created as
a result of running htable: hosts, networks, and gateways. The hosts file is used by the gethostbyname(3NSL) routines in mapping host names to addresses. The networks file is used by the getnetbyname(3SOCKET) routines
in mapping network names to numbers. The gateways file is used by the routing daemon to identify "passive" Internet gateways.

If any of the files localhosts, localnetworks, or localgateways are present in the current directory, the file's contents is prepended to the
output file without interpretation. This allows sites to maintain local aliases and entries which are not normally present in the master database.

htable is best used in conjunction with the gettable(1M) program
which retrieves the DoD Internet host table from a host.